EP0454296A1 - Magnetischer Aufzeichnungsträger - Google Patents
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- EP0454296A1 EP0454296A1 EP91302088A EP91302088A EP0454296A1 EP 0454296 A1 EP0454296 A1 EP 0454296A1 EP 91302088 A EP91302088 A EP 91302088A EP 91302088 A EP91302088 A EP 91302088A EP 0454296 A1 EP0454296 A1 EP 0454296A1
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- G—PHYSICS
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- G11B5/00—Recording by magnetisation or demagnetisation of a record carrier; Reproducing by magnetic means; Record carriers therefor
- G11B5/62—Record carriers characterised by the selection of the material
- G11B5/72—Protective coatings, e.g. anti-static or antifriction
- G11B5/725—Protective coatings, e.g. anti-static or antifriction containing a lubricant, e.g. organic compounds
- G11B5/7253—Fluorocarbon lubricant
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- G11B—INFORMATION STORAGE BASED ON RELATIVE MOVEMENT BETWEEN RECORD CARRIER AND TRANSDUCER
- G11B5/00—Recording by magnetisation or demagnetisation of a record carrier; Reproducing by magnetic means; Record carriers therefor
- G11B5/62—Record carriers characterised by the selection of the material
- G11B5/72—Protective coatings, e.g. anti-static or antifriction
- G11B5/726—Two or more protective coatings
- G11B5/7262—Inorganic protective coating
- G11B5/7264—Inorganic carbon protective coating, e.g. graphite, diamond like carbon or doped carbon
- G11B5/7266—Inorganic carbon protective coating, e.g. graphite, diamond like carbon or doped carbon comprising a lubricant over the inorganic carbon coating
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- This invention relates to a magnetic recording medium with a ferromagnetic metal thin film, as a magnetic recording layer, coated with a hard protective film.
- one method is to provide a carboxylic acid or phospholic acid system lubricant layer on the ferromagnetic metal thin layer
- another method is to provide a non-magnetic metal film on the ferromagnetic metal thin film as a protective layer
- still another method is to provide a SiO2 film on the ferromagnetic metal thin film as a protective layer.
- the present situation is that such protective layers as provided as shown above cannot improve the still durability and corrosion resistance of magnetic recording media satisfactorily to the level that is required.
- An object of this invention is to provide a metal thin film type magnetic recording medium in which a diamond like carbon film or a hard film of SiC or TiC, or Si3N4, BN or the like with a Vickers hardness value of 1500 to 7000 is formed on the surface of the metal thin film type magnetic recording medium as a protective layer so that the output reduction due to tape running can be eliminated and at the same time, the still durability of the medium can be outstandingly improved.
- an optically flat base film is coated with particles of particle size of 100 ⁇ with a suitable quantity of a binder so as to prevent aggregation thereby to form a protrusion layer forming a base film surface having the ratio (Rmax/Ra) of the maximum surface roughness (Rmax) to the average surface roughness (Ra) ranging from 1.0 to 3.0, preferably from 1.0 to 2.0.
- a ferromagnetic metal thin film On the surface thus prepared is formed a ferromagnetic metal thin film, and a plasma polymerized film of hydrocarbon or hydrocarbon containing fluorine is formed on the ferromagnetic metal thin film.
- a hard protective film is formed up to a thickness of 50 to 300 ⁇ and a lubricant layer is formed on the hard protective film as a top-coat layer.
- the hard protective film diamond like carbon, carbide such as SiC, TiC or the like, or nitride such as Si3N4, BN or the like can be used.
- the ratio of Rmax to Ra, or (Rmax/Ra), is as large as 4.0 to 10.0 in general.
- the micro-Vickers hardness value of the protective film of the surface thereof is less than 1000 on an approximate basis, when a virgin two-hour length tape medium is used to be recorded and reproduced by a MIG head-equipped video tape recorder (VTR), there is almost no difference between a reproduced output after recording for ten seconds and a reproduced output after recording for two hours, obtaining a difference below -1.0 dB when the output after ten-second recording is taken as a reference value.
- the Vickers hardness value of the protective film formed beneath the lubricant layer is as small as from 600 to 1000, so that the surface of the largest protrusions is rapidly worn and fractured by the rapidly rotating MIG head in which sendust or amorphous material is used and the load applying system to the medium will be immediately changed to the system that the load is supported by all protrusions, which means that the load per protrusion becomes small and a shearing force exceeding the elastic limit of the sendust or amorphous material used in the head cannot be acted thereon.
- the head runs on the surface of the medium only two times, recording and reproducing, but considered from the viewpoint of the still durability, the head runs on the same place as large as thirty times per second, so that the wear and fracture of the largest protrusion largely serve to act as a trigger to form scars on the thin film medium, resulting in shortening the still life.
- the still durability can be improved from four to five times compared with the case when a lubricant film is provided on the surface of a cobalt oxide film or the surface of a protective film having the Vickers hardness value less than 1000.
- the tape running-caused output reduction of the reproducing output after two-hour recording to the reproducing output after ten-second recording as shown above which is defined as the output reduction due to tape running, ranges from -4.0 to -6.0 dB.
- the metallic part such as the sendust or amorphous part of the MIG head is more rapidly worn than the ferrite part thereby to form a step on the head itself.
- the largest protrusions of the surface of the medium is difficult to be worn and fractured even when the head is rotating at a higher speed by increasing the Vickers hardness of the protective film formed beneath the lubricant film of a metal thin film type medium to a value as high as 3000, so that the load applied to the medium is supported by the largest protrusions only.
- the top surface of a magnetic recording medium is protected by providing a lubricant film to absorb almost amount of the shearing force, and a protective film having higher Vickers hardness value is provided to resist the residual shearing force and by designing the (Rmax/Ra) value so as to range from 1.0 to 3.0, preferably from 1.0 to 2.0, the load acted on the largest protrusions can be dispersed. Accordingly, this invention makes it possible to provide a highly reliable metal thin film type magnetic recording medium whose still life can be improved from two to three times as compared with that of a conventional one with a protective film whose maximum surface roughness is not controlled and whose output reduction caused by the step of the MIG head formed due to tape running can be eliminated.
- the method of controlling the value of (Rmax/Ra) so as to range from 1.0 to 3.0, preferably from 1.0 to 2.0 the case of forming this surface when the protrusion layer is to be formed is described as an example, but, for example, a diamond like carbon film is formed, then only large protrusions are removed by polishing with a cleaning tape, and finally, the value of (Rmax/Ra) can be controlled so as to range from 1.0 to 3.0, preferably from 1.0 to 2.0.
- Fig. 1 is a schematic cross-sectional view of a metal thin film type magnetic tape medium according to one embodiment of this invention.
- Fig. 2 is a graph showing a relation of the maximum surface roughness and hardness of a protective film and the still life of the magnetic tape medium shown in Fig. 1.
- Fig. 3 is a graph showing a relation of the maximum surface roughness and hardness of a protective film and the output reduction due to tape running of the tape medium shown in Fig. 1.
- Fig. 4 shows a result of measuring a surface roughness of Sample No. 6 by the stylus contact method.
- Fig. 5 shows a result of measuring a surface roughness of Sample No. 9 by the stylus contact method.
- Fig. 6 shows a result of measuring a surface roughness of Sample No. 3 by the stylus contact method.
- Fig. 7 shows a relation of the thickness of a silicon carbide protective film, and the still life and output of a metal thin film type magnetic recording medium.
- Fig. 8 shows a relation of the hardness of a diamond like carbon film formed on a metal thin film type magnetic tape and the still life of this magnetic tape.
- Fig. 9 exemplifies recesses generated at the amorphous part of a combination type MIG head when Sample No. 8 is tested.
- the reference numeral 1 indicates a fluorine contained lubricant layer which is made by coating a fluorine contained carboxylic acid or a fluorine contained carboxylic acid ester up to a thickness of 50 ⁇ .
- a fluorine contained lubricant layer which is made by coating a fluorine contained carboxylic acid or a fluorine contained carboxylic acid ester up to a thickness of 50 ⁇ .
- the reference numeral 2 indicates a hard protective film for which a diamond like carbon, or SiC or TiC, or Si3N4, BN or the like having a Vickers hardness value of 1500 to 7000 can be used.
- the thickness of the protective film thus formed ranges from 50 to 300 ⁇ , preferably from 100 to 200 ⁇ . If it is too thin, the still durability is reduced and on the other hand, if too thick, a disadvantage can be pointed out from the viewpoint of output aspect. The relation between them is shown in Fig. 7 with a silicon carbide protective film as an example.
- the reference numeral 3 indicates a plasma polymerized film with hydrocarbon as a raw material.
- the thickness thereof ranges from 5 to 20 ⁇ . If the thickness is out of this range, then the still durability will be reduced.
- This film serves to prevent a metal thin film from being sputtered when the hard protective film 2 is formed by the plasma CVD technique thereby to bind an oxide layer of the surface of the metal thin film suitably with the hard protective film 2. It is essentially important in this case that it is remained up to a thickness of 5 to 20 ⁇ after sputtering the hard protective film 2.
- the reference numeral 4 indicates a ferromagnetic metal thin film.
- Co-Ni-O, Co-O, Co-Cr or the other system material can be used.
- the thickness thereof is about 1800 ⁇ in general.
- the reference numeral 5 indicates a protrusion layer formed on a substrate 6.
- the particle size thereof ranges from 100 to 500 ⁇ and the density is 105 to 109 particles per mm2.
- SiO2, TiO2 or the like is generally used and it is essentially important to uniformalize the height of protrusions.
- a protrusion layer having a uniform protrusion height is formed at the initial stage, or after forming as a magnetic tape, a uniform surface is formed by polishing with a cleaning tape.
- the reference numeral 6 indicates a non-magnetic substrate for which polyethylene terephthalate, polyethylene naphthalate, polyimide, polyimide or the like, or aluminum or glass can be used. In this case, however, it is required that the surface on the magnetic side of the substrate 6 is uniformalized up to a level of surface roughness of about 10 ⁇ .
- the reference numeral 7 indicates a back coat which has a thickness of 0.5 ⁇ m and the maximum surface roughness of 0.2 ⁇ m.
- urethane, nitrocellulose or polyester can be used as a binder and carbon or calcium carbonate can be used as a filler.
- a ferromagnetic thin film 4 of Co(80) - Ni(20) system was formed on each of the protrusion layers 5 while introducing oxygen by the tilted vacuum evaporation technique.
- the Ra value of the protrusion layers 5 were changed respectively to 150 ⁇ and 220 ⁇ on the basis of STM analysis. This is because of shadowing by the tilted evaporation.
- a plasma polymerized film 3 with a thickness of 20 ⁇ was formed using isooctane as a raw material under conditions of the discharge tube such as a vacuum degree of 0.1 torr, a frequency of 15 KHz and an output voltage of 500 V.
- the flow rate of the raw material ranged from 20 to 100 sccM.
- a diamond like carbon film 2 with a thickness of 150 ⁇ was formed using a mixture of propane and argon as a raw material by the plasma CVD technique under conditions of the discharge tube such as a vacuum degree of 0.3 Torr, an AC voltage of 2000 V and a DC voltage of +800 V.
- the flow rate of the gas mixture ranged from 80 to 300 sccM.
- a silicon carbide film 2 was formed on the plasma polymerized film 3 with a mixture of SiH4, H2 and CH4 as a raw material under the same conditions of the discharge tube as shown above.
- a diamond like carbon film 2 and silicon carbide film 2 respectively having a thickness of 150 ⁇ were formed on plasma polymerized films 3 respectively using the same gas and gas mixture at the same flow rates as shown above under conditions of discharge tube such as an AC voltage of 600 V and a DC voltage of +500 V.
- the Vickers hardness value of each of the hard protective films 2 formed as shown above was alternatively determined by measuring the Vickers hardness of a film of 50 ⁇ m thick formed on a silicon wafer under the same conditions as in forming each of the hard protective films 2 on the micro-Vickers hardness tester manufactured by Japan Hi-tech Corporation. Thus, Vickers hardness values of 600, 2000 and 3000 were measured respectively for the diamond like carbon protective films 2, and Vickers hardness values of 600 and 2000 were measured respectively for the silicon carbide protective films 2.
- carboxylic acid system lubricant C5F11(CH2)10COOH
- the running conditions were at 23 o and 70% RH.
- the still durability was measured by applying a tension of 20 g at 5 o C and 80% RH and expressed in terms of the minute unit as the still life when the output reduction from the initial stage becomes a value of -3.0 dB.
- Ra and Rmax values materials of protective film, Vickers hardness values, still lives and output reductions obtained for samples prepared by changing the making conditions are summarized in Table 1.
- STM analysis for determining Ra and Rmax values was achieved at a scanning distance of 100 ⁇ m in total.
- the still life and the output reduction characteristics summarized from Table 1 in connection with the (Rmax/Ra) values and Vickers hardness values are shown in Fig. 2 and Fig. 3, respectively.
- the hard protective film having the (Rmax/Ra) value controlled so as to range from 1.0 to 3.0, preferably from 1.0 to 2.0, is provided so that the real load acted on one protrusion in a real contact on the surface of the medium can be dispersed to be made small and yet the elastic limit of the shearing force acted on one protrusion of the tape medium can be made large by the hard protective film.
- the hard protective film as made of diamond polycrystal was impossible to be used because the surface may be roughened.
- the upper limit of the Vickers hardness value to be usable for forming a thin film was about 7000.
- the Ra value of a hard protective film of this invention used a value ranging from 70 to 250 ⁇ on the basis of the STM analysis made after the formation of a magnetic film. If the Ra value is out of the above range, a high output characteristic constituting one of features of a thin film medium may be sacrificed.
- the general stylus contact technique corresponds to the Ra value ranging from 70 to 250 ⁇ by the STM analysis, which means that it is difficult to control the Ra value by the general stylus contact technique.
- Figs. 4, 5 and 6 comparatively exemplify the results of stylus contact measurement of the surface roughnesses of samples shown in Table 1, by which the comparison of the Rmax can be made clear.
- Fig. 4 ... Sample No. 6, Fig. 5 ... Sample No. 9, Fig. 6 ... Sample No. 3.
- each protrusion is largely different from that resulting from the STM analysis. This is because the stylus cannot be touched to the bottom of the valley of a protrusion.
- Fig. 8 shows the relation of the Vickers hardness value of a diamond like carbon protective film and the still life of a metal thin film type magnetic tape, in which when the hardness value is 7000, the still life becomes maximum. When it exceeds 7000, the surface of the protective film may be roughened, considering that the still life starts to be reduced for such reason.
- Fig. 9 exemplifies the measurement of forming recesses at the amorphous part of a MIG head by the stylus contact technique, showing that there forms a step of about 200 ⁇ . Even under such a condition, the glass of the head gap was almost remained. As a result, this step may cause to reduce the output, resulting in occurrence of the output reduction of about 3.6 dB.
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JP2113881A JP2910149B2 (ja) | 1990-04-26 | 1990-04-26 | 磁気記録媒体 |
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EP0594082A1 (de) * | 1992-10-20 | 1994-04-27 | Matsushita Electric Industrial Co., Ltd. | Magnetisches Aufzeichnungsmedium und Herstellungsverfahren |
US6623836B1 (en) | 1992-11-19 | 2003-09-23 | Semiconductor Energy Laboratory Co., Ltd. | Magnetic recording medium |
US6805941B1 (en) | 1992-11-19 | 2004-10-19 | Semiconductor Energy Laboratory Co., Ltd. | Magnetic recording medium |
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EP0221309A1 (de) * | 1985-10-31 | 1987-05-13 | International Business Machines Corporation | Metallischer magnetischer Aufzeichnungsträger |
EP0230911A2 (de) * | 1986-01-18 | 1987-08-05 | Hitachi Maxell Ltd. | Magnetisches Aufzeichnungsmedium |
EP0264699A2 (de) * | 1986-10-18 | 1988-04-27 | Leybold Aktiengesellschaft | Verfahren zum Herstellen von Schutzschichten auf magnetischen Datenträgern und durch das Verfahren hergestellter Datenträger |
US4833031A (en) * | 1986-03-20 | 1989-05-23 | Matsushita Electric Industrial Co., Ltd. | Magnetic recording medium |
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EP0221309A1 (de) * | 1985-10-31 | 1987-05-13 | International Business Machines Corporation | Metallischer magnetischer Aufzeichnungsträger |
EP0230911A2 (de) * | 1986-01-18 | 1987-08-05 | Hitachi Maxell Ltd. | Magnetisches Aufzeichnungsmedium |
US4833031A (en) * | 1986-03-20 | 1989-05-23 | Matsushita Electric Industrial Co., Ltd. | Magnetic recording medium |
EP0264699A2 (de) * | 1986-10-18 | 1988-04-27 | Leybold Aktiengesellschaft | Verfahren zum Herstellen von Schutzschichten auf magnetischen Datenträgern und durch das Verfahren hergestellter Datenträger |
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EP0594082A1 (de) * | 1992-10-20 | 1994-04-27 | Matsushita Electric Industrial Co., Ltd. | Magnetisches Aufzeichnungsmedium und Herstellungsverfahren |
US6623836B1 (en) | 1992-11-19 | 2003-09-23 | Semiconductor Energy Laboratory Co., Ltd. | Magnetic recording medium |
US6805941B1 (en) | 1992-11-19 | 2004-10-19 | Semiconductor Energy Laboratory Co., Ltd. | Magnetic recording medium |
US7083873B2 (en) | 1992-11-19 | 2006-08-01 | Semiconductor Energy Laboratory Co., Ltd. | Magnetic recording medium including a diamond-like carbon protective film with hydrogen and at least two additional elements |
US7391592B2 (en) | 1992-11-19 | 2008-06-24 | Semiconductor Energy Laboratory Co., Ltd. | Magnetic recording medium including a diamond-like carbon protective film and at least two additional elements |
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EP0454296B1 (de) | 1995-05-31 |
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DE69110085T2 (de) | 1996-01-04 |
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